2. SLT56London Transport RM1, SLT56, with its revised frontal form is seen here at Golders Green Station alongside RTL1286.Photo taken Sunday 14 April 1957, London Golders Green Station

3. SLT57Three of the four prototype Routemasters were present at Routemaster 60 (the missing one being RMC4, the Green Line coach prototype). When RM2, SLT57, first entered service it was in green livery and was used for a short time in the Country Area. (It was the only standard RM to do be so used – later Country Area vehicles were either RMLs or Green Line coaches.) It has recently been restored to its original condition and livery as seen here.Photo taken Sunday 13 July 2014, London Finsbury Park

4. SLT57Preserved London Transport RM2, SLT57, is seen at Westerham, having worked a journey on erstwhile route 403 from Sevenoaks on the Country Bus Rallies Classic Bus Running Day at Sevenoaks.
Photo taken Sunday 19 May 2019, Westerham

5. SLT58The third RM prototype was very much an odd man out, having Leyland running units, and was thus numbered RML3. With use of the RML classification for the later long Routemasters it reverted to being RM3. It was the first of the prototypes to enter preservation, passing to the London Bus Preservation Group at Cobham and it is still with their successors. It has now been restored to its original frontal appearance and once again bears the number RML3, SLT58, as seen here.Photo taken Sunday 13 July 2014, London Finsbury Park

6. SLT59London Country, Reigate RMC4, SLT59, new in 1957 was the only Leyland Routemaster and the only Routemaster to have an Eastern Coachworks body which had an H32/25RD seating arrangement, altered to H32/23RD before entering service.
Photo taken Sunday 24 June 1979, Hillingdon

8. SLT59London Transport RMC4, SLT59, is one of the four Routemaster prototypes - all preserved. This one was built by Leyland/ECW in 1957 for Green Line coach operation, originally number CRL4.Photo taken August 1981, Trans-Pennine Rally, Harrogate Stray

12. VLT163Lothian no longer operate Routemasters on their open top tours of Edinburgh but seen here in Mac's Tours livery is the former RM163, VLT163, dating from 1959.
Photo taken Saturday 26 August 2006, Princes Street Edinburgh

14. VLT172Second shot of Southend Routemaster 102 on the final run on the final day of 1993.Photo taken Friday 31 December 1993, Central Bus Station, York Road, Southend

15. VLT172Routemaster 102, VLT172, was designated the ceremonial "Last RM" in Southend service and was suitably decorated for its final run on December 31st, 1993 on the 1715 service 3A from Southend to Canvey Newlands and back.Photo taken Friday 31 December 1993, July 1974, Central Bus Station, York Road, Southend

17. VLT26London Transport RM26, VLT26, seen a few months after entering service. RM26 was part of the first production batch of Routemasters of which 74 entered en-masse into full service with the fourth stage of the Trolleybus conversion programme on 11th November 1959.Photo taken June 1960, Greengate Street, London West Ham Garage

18. VLT43LT RM 43, VLT43, laying over by Stratford Church ready to work route 238 to Little Heath. The bus is still in near original condition, with no front opening windows, full depth grille below blind box and rear wheel disc.Photo taken mid 1968, London Stratford Broadway

19. VLT46Operating for London Buses (Wandle District), RM46, VLT46, was a Routemaster with a Park Royal H36/28R body new in September 1959 which is seen at Tawney Common.
Photo taken Sunday 4 September 1988, Tawney Common

24. LDS341ABlack Prince ran the former AEC Routemaster RM441, LDS341A, in Clydeside livery for a number of years after buying it from Western Scottish. It is seen here on one of its regular haunts the peak extra X51 Leeds to Morley service. A Yorkshire Rider Bristol VR that came with the West Yorkshire business is also visible.Photo taken March 1991, Vicar Lane, Leeds

25. LDS341ASeen looking resplendent in Black Prince colours is former London AEC Routemaster RM441. Black Prince had acquired it from Western Scottish who had re-registered it LDS341A.Photo taken April 1993, Black Prince Depot, Morley, Leeds

26. VLT102Ex London Transport Routemaster VLT102 parked on the banks of the River Seine in Paris with the open top deck covered over for the winter.
Photo taken Sunday 11 January 2009, Port de la Conférence, Paris

28. VLT207How to cause a traffic jam! LT RM207, VLT207, has broken down in Euston Road at the lights opposite St. Pancras Station while working route 73. The crew seem to have abandoned ship completely, presumably after having propped a seat cushion against the back of the bus. This was the normal London indication of a broken down vehicle as a warning to following buses. Did any other operator do the same?Photo taken Euston Road, London St. Pancras Station

30. VLT296Seen whilst working the non-stop service from Morden Station to Tattenham Corner is London Transport RM296, VLT296, operating from South Croydon Garage.Photo taken Tuesday 29 August 1967, Downland Way, Epsom

32. WLT397A line up of four RMs at Stratford Church, led by RM397, WLT397, and RM145, VLT145. The third one is probably RM1185, 185CLT, and the fourth one is completely unidentifiable.
Photo taken mid 1968, London Stratford Broadway

33. 100BXLEx London Transport RM1000, 100BXL, alongside Aldershot and District Loline AAA503C.Photo taken Sunday 17 July 2005, Medstead Station

34. EDS288AWhen London began discarding its Routemasters many of them found a new home north of the border. Kelvin Scottish formed from parts of Central SMT and Alexander Midland bought RM910 WLT910 and re-registered it as EDS288A. In the Kelvin Scottixh fleet it was was 1929.Photo taken Sunday 4 April 2010, Kirkby Stephen

35. LDS284AIn the twilight of Southend's RM operations, 120 (the former RM546, reregistered from WLT546 to LDS284A whilst with Clydeside Buses) performs on the 29 on Christmas Eve, 1993 and passes under a street light mounted on a former trolleybus traction standard at the junction of Fairfax Drive and Southbourne Grove.Photo taken Friday 24 December 1993, Fairfax Drive, Southend

36. WLT305LT Routemaster RM305, WLT305, went to Clydeside Scottish in 1986 to join their famous fleet of RMs. In 1989 it was re-registered as LDS256A following takeover by Western Scottish (C32). After withdrawal in 1990 it was reported to have moved to Belgium in 1992.Photo taken Wednesday 25 March 1987, Glasgow Road, Hillington

39. WLT415Kelvin Central 1913, EDS285A, was former London Transport RM415, WLT415, one of the many Routemasters which found their way north of the border in the mid-1980s.Photo taken July 1990, Argyle Street

42. WLT550According to its British tax disc, expiring in 1992, this AEC Routemaster was formerly registered LDS184A (originally WLT550), making it ex London Transport RM550 which then went onto Clydeside Scottish, fleet number 250 and latterly Western C45.Photo taken Sunday 25 December 2011, Rudesheim, Germany

43. WLT582London Transport RM582, WLT582, has been turned short at Archway while working a Sunday Routemaster duty on route 609 and lays over while its crew take a break.Photo taken Sunday 5 November 1961, London Archway

44. WLT584London Transport RM584, WLT584, at Archway trying to look like a trolleybus while working a Sunday Routemaster duty on route 609. (Is that a Police car with a roof mounted siren behind the bus?)Photo taken Sunday 5 November 1961, Holloway Road, London Archway

45. WLT613Four Routemasters stop for pictures on the Imber Road, which is normally closed off by the MOD since the village of Imber was evacuated in 1943 to become part of the vast MOD Salisbury plain complex. Behind the Routemasters which are, WLT613, 357CLT. CUV344C and 654DYE is a modern LT bus.
Photo taken Saturday 20 August 2016, Imber Road, Salisbury Plain

47. WLT736RM736, XYJ418 (former WLT736) is now part of the Keighley Bus Museum fleet.Photo taken Sunday 22 April 2012, Ingrow Station, Keighley

48. WLT736Seen in Leeds on the day of the Grand Depart of the Tour De France is preserved London Transport AEC Routemaster now in the active fleet of the Keighley Bus Museum
Photo taken Saturday 5 July 2014, Infirmary Street Leeds

50. WLT835When the 1985 Transport Act brought bus wars to the streets of Glasgow one of the weapons used by some operators was the AEC Routemaster. Former London Transport RM835, WLT835, of 1961 ran for Clydeside Scottish in whose livery it has been preservedPhoto taken Sunday 4 April 2010, Kirkby Stephen

51. WLT939London Transport RM939, WLT939, is seen at West Hampstead, West End Green.Photo taken 1966, West End Green, West Hampstead

52. WLT958London Transport AEC Routemaster RM958, WLT958, a 1961 delivery waits for time in Northumberland Avenue on route 1A to Surry Docks Station. Already 9 years old when photographed, this bus would give a further 17 years service to London before being withdrawn and scrapped in 1987Photo taken Sunday 17 May 1970, Northumberland Avenue, London Westminster

53. 101CLTGhost Bus Tours are now operating in York as well as in London. The York vehicle is former London Transport 1962 AEC Routemaster RM1101, 101CLT, now re-registered KFF367. The desination screen displays a selection of amusing "scarrey" takes on the names of York landmarks. This bus was re-engined using an IVECO unit in 1991.Photo taken Saturday 5 September 2015, Leeman Road, York

55. 183CLTNostalgiabus, Mitcham 183CLT, carrying its old London fleet number RM1183, seen whilst working a Railway Replacement Service, and itself no doubt needing replacement after colliding with a low bridge en-route. Photo taken 1997

56. 190CLTLondon Transport RM1190, 190CLT, is seen in South Norwood Hill on its way to Norwood Junction, with the mast of the ITV transmitter in the left background.Photo taken Sunday 28 March 1965, South Norwood Hill, South Norwood

57. 200CLTLondon Transport RM1200, 200CLT.Photo taken 1966, Clapham Common Old Town

58. 254CLTNorthern General 2145, 254CLT, the ex-London Transport Routemaster with a Park Royal H41/31F body is seen here in West Hartlepool.Photo taken Wednesday 31 July 1968, Tower Street, Hartlepool

59. 254CLTNorthern 2145, 254CLT, is famously the former London RMF1254 purchased by Northern after spending time on demonstration duties for AEC. Seen at the corner of Worswick Street bus station in Newcastle, the advert for Vaux beer has been the subject of recent comments.Photo taken Tuesday 27 August 1974, Worswick Street Bus Station, Newcastle

60. 41CLTEast Yorkshire 805, 41CLT, was ex-LT RM1041 of 1962, and entered service with EY in 1988. Looking beautiful in the one-time traditional EYMS livery, it was to be re-registered as NRH805A in 1990, but was scrapped in 1995.Photo taken Saturday 3 September 1988, Ark Royal, Fleet Estate, Hull

69. 510CLT510CLT is a Routemaster with Park Royal body dating from 1963 as RMC1510. It was one of several Routemasters in service at the 2016 Imberbus event, although the only open top one.
Photo taken Saturday 20 August 2016, Gore Cross, Salisbury Plain

71. 53CLTLondoin Transport AEC Routemaster RM1053, 53CLT, a 1962 example heads down a damp and dismal Oxford Street in October 1984 when some 22 years old.Photo taken Friday 12 October 1984, Oxford Street, approaching London Marble Arch

73. 682DYESouthend's operational Routemaster fleet eventually totalled 23 buses, including 117, 682DYE, a Leyland engined example that ran in Southampton before sale to ST.Photo taken SCT Garage, London Road

74. WLT664London Transport RM 664, WLT664, a Ted Lowe snooker moment, for those of you looking in black & white ... this was the unpainted RM664 on the 127s at Victoria.Photo taken Autumn 1961, London Victoria Wilton Road/Gillingham Street

75. WLT871Only one of the Routemaster heritage routes now runs in London, this being the 15 from Tower Hill to Trafalgar Square. Seen amid the encircling gloom of a November twilight is RM871, WLT871, which dates from 1962.
Photo taken Thursday 10 November 2016, Great Tower Street, City of London

76. 101CLTIveco-engined Routemaster RM1101, KFF367, (formerly 101CLT), is a well-known bus in the Birkenhead region, and is seen linking with the Wirral Tramway.Photo taken Sunday 21 May 2000, Woodside Ferry, Birkenhead

77. 250CLTIn early deregulation days many operators were using Routemasters on local bus services including Stagecoach who ran in Glasgow under the Magicbus brand. The former RM1250, 250CLT, appeared at a West Yorkshire Transport Museum annual rally displaying adverts for pensioners travel at 10p and reduced fares for UB40 holders!
Photo taken Saturday 1 October 1988, West Yorkshire Transport Museum, Ludlam Street Depot, Bradford

79. 414CLTNew to London Transport as RM1414, 414CLT, in 1963 this Leyland engined Routemaster was loaned to Manchester Corporation when a few months old but failed to raise any sales for AEC.Photo taken 1996, Huddersfield

80. 414CLTLondon Transport RM1414, 414CLT, new in 1963.Photo taken January 1994

81. 449CLTLondon Transport 1963 Park Royal H36/28R bodied AEC Routemaster RM1449, 449CLT, at the Wakefield Heath Common Rally & Running Day. The bus has been extensively restored after a career with several owners following it's sale by London Transport & finally ending up in Sweden.Photo taken Sunday 21 July 2013, Heath Common, Wakefield

86. 595CLTSeen whilst working the non-stop service from Morden Station to Tattenham Corner is London Transport RM1595, 595CLT, operating from South Croydon Garage.Photo taken Tuesday 29 August 1967, Downland Way, Epsom

87. 640DYELondon's iconic Routemaster is still plying for hire in the capital. AEC Routemaster RM1640, 640DYE, of 1963 rounds Trafalgar Square on one of the two Routemaster heritage routes. This bus is now owned by First London.Photo taken Monday 13 April 2009, London Trafalgar Square

88. 647DYELondon Transport RM1647, 647DYE, is seen at Golders Green.Photo taken 1966, Golders Green Bus Station

89. 666DYEFormer London Transport RM1666 originally registered 666DYE, but now KGJ341A in the 'Midnight black' livery of its current owner Ghost Bus Tours and wearing London Necrobus fleetnames awaits passengers in Edinburgh for what its operator describes as a "comedy horror theatre experience".
Photo taken Saturday 28 June 2014, Edinburgh Centre

90. 737DYELondon Transport’s first all over advert was RM1737, 737DYE, which carried an eye catching livery for Silexine Paints. It is not clear how pictures of guardsmen helped sell paint, but the bus would certainly have been noticed! It is seen here on service 11 leaving the Shepherds Bush terminus.Photo taken London Shepherd's Bush

91. 74CLTA group of LT Routemasters - on the left RM 284, VLT284, on the right RM 1074, 74CLT. The one behind is unidentifiable.Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1970, Eastbourne

93. 843DYELT RM1843, 843DYE, on route 175 in North Street Romford, about to turn into North Street garage for the lunch break. By this time the rain, which was to spoil the rest of the day, was setting in.Photo taken Saturday 24 October 2015, North Street, Romford, Romford Running Day

94. LDS341ABlack Prince's LDS341A, seen in the Black Prince workshop being re-painted and prepared for service. While in service with Black Prince it carried its London stock number on the offside and bonnet it was named Rudolph the Routemaster.Photo taken 1992, Black Prince Depot, Gildersome, Leeds

95. WLT999Former London Routemaster RM999, WLT999, was once a well-known bus in the Reading area when it operated as Reading Mainline 15, WVS423.
Photo taken Saturday 28 July 2018, Pier Entrance, Llandudno

97. 783DYERoutemaster4hire 783DYE a 1964 RM now converted to open top and fitted with an AV690 engine
Photo taken Sunday 16 June 2019, Ponderosa Cafe, top of Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen

98. ALD117BHere we see Southend Transport Leyland-engined Routemaster 113, on the A13 near Wennington en route for London on a special operation on X1 in connection with the 1989 Southend Bus Rally.Photo taken Sunday 4 June 1989, A13, Wennington, near London Hornchurch

99. ALD872BPreserved ex-LT Routemaster RM1872, ALD872B, is being used by the South Devon Railway on a connecting service to Buckfast Abbey and Ashburton. It is seen here about to turn into the road to Buckfastleigh station on the occasion of the railway's Heritage Transport Gala weekend on 14th September.Photo taken Saturday 14 September 2013, Buckfastleigh

100. ALD890BLT Routemaster RM1890, ALD890B, joined the fleet of Clydeside Scottish in 1985. In 1989 it became Western Scottish C77 but was scrapped in 1990.Photo taken Wednesday 25 March 1987, Renfrew Ferry Terminus

101. ALD894BRear view of London Transport RM1894, ALD894B, an A E C Routemaster 2R2RH built in 1964 with Park Royal H36/28R bodywork.
Photo taken September 1977, turning from Bridge Street into Parliament Street, London

102. ALD907BLondon Transport RM1907, ALD907B, is seen at West Hampstead, West End Green.Photo taken 1966, West End Green, West Hampstead

103. ALD933BTo mark the centenary of Bow Garage, AEC Routemaster RM1933, ALD933B, of 1964 was repainted into this silver and dark red colour scheme in 2009. It is on the heritage route 15 to the Tower of London.Photo taken Thursday 16 April 2009, London Whitehall

104. ALD933BThere has been some concerns raised recently about the London heritage routes and their Routemasters. Seen in peak hour traffic in Whitehall is RM1933, ALD933B of 1964. It carries the original London Transport livery which is appropriate for the bus as LPTB came into being in 1933.Photo taken Monday 10 November 2014, London Whitehall

105. ALD941BOne of London Transport's iconic Routemasters, this time RM1941, ALD941B, is pictured in Westminster and heads for Hyde Park Corner on route 137.Photo taken Saturday 29 April 1978, London Westminster

106. ALD979BSpotted in a quiet Victoria Street, Westminster, ALD979B, former RM1979, running as a semi-open top for a well known department store, passing iconic UK images.Photo taken Saturday 11 May 2013, Victoria Street, London

111. ALM33BLondon Transport RM2033, ALM33B, a 1964 AEC Routemaster R2RH with a Park Royal H36/28R body at Station Road in North Hykeham during the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society Running DayPhoto taken Sunday 4 November 2018, Station Road, North Hykeham

113. ALM60BBlack Prince ALM60B, a 1964 AEC Routemaster originaly RM2060 in London Transport's fleet. In 1988 it was sold to United Counties where it lasted until 1992 when Stagecoach transfered it to their Ribble subsiduary who did not use it. In 1996 it was bought by Black Prince who ran it for two years after a sojourn with KD Coaches of DyserthPhoto taken 1997, Leeds Central Bus Station

114. ALM89BHeritage AEC Routemaster RM2089, ALM89B, dating from 1964 and now in the East London fleet but carrying full London Transport colours at the Tower Hill terminus of heritage route 15Photo taken Friday 17 April 2009, City of London Tower Hill

115. EUP405BNorthern General bought the only AEC Routemasters to run outside London from new. 2105, EUP405B, dates from 1964 and carries front entrance Park Royal bodywork.Photo taken 1997, Trans-Pennine Rally, Harrogate

116. EUP405BNorthern General 2105, EUP405B, was an AEC Routemaster with Park Royal H41/31F bodywork. It was from the second batch of 32 and was new to Chester-le-Street depot in December 1964.Photo taken c. 2007, Bents Park

117. EUP407BNorthern General 2107, EUP407B, one of the second batch of Park Royal Routemasters with Park Royal H41/31F bodies is seen here in Crook.Photo taken Thursday 1 August 1968, Crook

118. EUP407BThe LT experts will keep me right on this one: Ex Northern General 2107, EUP407B, now RMF2792 plus RMF2794 in Richmond, Surrey, but what is (ex) Preston 89 doing in the same location?Photo taken Saturday 25 April 1981, Continental Pioneer yard, off Lower Mortlake Road, Richmond, Surrey

119. RCN685Northern General Wearsider conversion from Routemaster 2085, RCN685, was an experimental rebuild to see if half cab vehicles could be economically converted to OMO. No more conversions followed.Photo taken September 1972, Beamish Open Air Museum

121. RCN687Northern General 2087, RCN687, an AEC Routemaster built in 1964 with Park Royal H41/31F bodywork.Photo taken April 1973, Hartlepool Bus Station

122. RCN687Northern 3071, RCN687, the former 2087 was apparently one of only two Routemasters to gain the overall yellow National Bus Company version of the Tyne and Wear PTE livery. Seen outside Sunderland depot where the bus had just reversed out of the depot and was pulling forward.Photo taken Sunday 10 October 1976, Park Lane Depot, Sunderland

123. RCN692Northern General 2092, RCN692, was a Park Royal 3R2RH Routemaster with a Park Royal H41/31F body new in April 1964. It was equipped with a Leyland O600 engine and is seen outside the garage at Jarrow.Photo taken Tuesday 29 July 1969, NGT Jarrow Depot

124. RCN695Northern General 2095, RCN695, an A E C Routemaster 3R2RH built in 1964 with Park Royal H41/31F bodywork.Photo taken December 1971, Bus Station, Sunderland

125. RCN699Northern General 2099 was an AEC Routemaster with Park Royal H41/31F bodywork which suffered a series of identity changes over the years. New in March 1964 and bearing the registration RCN699 it was allocated to Consett depot. In January 1975 it was re-numbered 3083. It was sold in January 1980 and two months later it was purchased by Stephenson's of Spath who numbered it 28. In January 1983 it was re-numbered 52.Photo taken Sunday 1 June 2008, Bents Park

126. RCN699Northern General Routemaster RCN699, originally 2099 and later 3083, a 1964 example with Park Royal H41/31F bodywork. Sold by Northern to Wombwell Diesels, near Rotherham in November 1980, it passed to Stevensons of Uttoxeter Ltd Spath, in January 1981, as their No. 28.
Photo taken Sunday 26 July 1981, Sandtoft Transport Centre, Doncaster

129. CUV156CFor a short period Nostalgiabus, Mitcham ran a limited stop service as route 306 from Kingston to Epsom in competition with Arriva route 406 from Kingston to Crawley via Epsom and Redhill (every 30 minutes) and here in Cromwell Road Bus Station in Kingston is RM2156, CUV156C, waiting for its return journey time.
Photo taken Cromwell Road Bus Station, Kingston

131. CUV208CNew to London Transport in 1965, RM2208, CUV208C, was repainted in 1979 into a version of the original green livery used by George Shillibeer in 1829 for his pioneering horse bus service. It became red again in 1980 and was withdrawn form London service in 1987 when it was sold to Clydeside Scottish.Photo taken Sunday 10 April 2005, Keighley Bus Museum

134. CUV256CDefinitely the oddity in Southend's fleet of 23 Routemasters was 121, CUV256C, the former RCL2256. Southend's only 30 foot example, it had started life as a Routemaster coach with London Transport in 1965. Towards the end of its life in London it was demoted to bus work on route 149 with its platform doors removed. It went on to become unique after a rear-end accident, when its rear was rebuilt to standard Routemaster open platform style.Photo taken Landwick Terminus, Southend

135. CUV279CEx London Transport RML2279, CUV279C, dating from 1965, a long way from home. Now a tour bus, suitably modified, it was only identifiable (to me anyway) as it miraculously retains it's UK registration plate.Photo taken Tuesday 30 June 2009, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, USA

136. CUV296CFormer LT RML2296, CUV296C, was fitted with a Cummins engine in 1991 and refurbished in 1992. It remained in service with MTL until 2004 and was bought by Colchester Arts Centre for promotional work.Photo taken Tuesday 6 July 2010, Hebden Bridge

137. CUV304CThere were a number of non-PCV Routemasters present at the Routemaster 60 event, including RML2304, CUV304C, now with Millwall Football Club.Photo taken Sunday 13 July 2014, London Finsbury Park

141. CUV351CRoutemaster RML 2351, CUV351C, new in 1965, with London Arriva on the 159 near Streatham garage in beautiful autumn sunshine.Photo taken Friday 31 October 2003, London Streatham

142. CUV619CLT Routemaster RM2169, CUV619C, advertising Bertorelli Continental Ice Cream, had a mouth watering display of the firm’s products. It is seen here on service 22 at Hyde Park Corner.Photo taken London Hyde Park Corner

143. FPT582CNorthern General 2112, FPT582C, an AEC Routemaster built in 1965 with Park Royal H41/31F bodywork. Parked in the back streets of Middlesbrough close to the old bus station.Photo taken August 1967, Park Street, Middlesbrough

144. FPT587CNorthern 2117, FPT587C, an AEC Routemaster 3R2RH built 1965 with Park Royal H41/31F bodywork, waiting outside The Fighting Cocks (for the driver??) before heading off to Crook.Photo taken May 1970, Front Street, Chester-le-Street

145. FPT589CLondon Transport RMF2761, FPT589C, an AEC Routemaster 3R2RH built in 1965 with Park Royal H41/31F bodywork.Photo taken August 1978, Buckingham Palace Road, London Victoria

146. FPT592CNorthern General 3106, FPT592C, an AEC/Park Royal Routemaster new in 1965.Photo taken Summer 1977, Worswick Street Bus Station, Newcastle

147. FPT599CA view looking across part of Worswick Street bus station in Newcastle. On the right is 333, 7333UP, a 1963 Willowbrook B53F bodied Leyland Leopard PSU3/3R in Sunderland District livery later renumbered 4291, alongside is 2129 FPT599C a Routemaster later renumbered 3113, and 2019, 9019PT, one of the batch of Roe bodied PDR1/1 Atlanteans from 1962. A further Routemaster can be glimpsed far left.Photo taken Tuesday 27 August 1974, Worswick Street Bus Station, Newcastle

148. FPT603CPreserved Northern General 2133, FPT603C, a Park Royal 3R2RH Routemaster with a Park Royal H41/31F body seen at the Hillingdon Rally.
Photo taken Sunday 24 June 1979, Hillingdon

149. JJD367DLondon Transport RML2367, JJD367D, delivered in early 1966 (it was originally allocated a C registration but wasn't delivered in time for a 1965 year letter).Photo taken October 1971, Mercury Gardens/St. Edwards Way, Romford

151. JJD387DThis is Routemaster RML2387, JJD387D, dating from 1966, photographed the day it arrived by tow truck at Roger Burdett's site from another restorer.
Photo taken Tuesday 27 February 2018, private site near Coventry

154. JJD439DLondon Country Routemaster RML2439, JJD439D. It's carrying garage plates for HA, Harlow which according to Ian's Bus Stop site would date the photo as 1977.Photo taken c.1977, The Drive, Warley

155. JJD461DLondon Transport RML2461, JJD461D on the 1 at Trafalgar Square. This photo is interesting as it shows the bus as working from New Cross, not shown in the Ian's Bus Stop history for it.Photo taken London Trafalgar Square

157. JJD464DLondon's Routemasters are often found in roles far removed from their passenger carrying heyday. Seen at Kings Cross station in July was former RML2464, JJD464D.
Photo taken Friday 29 July 2016, Kings Cross Station, London

158. JJD475DLondon Transport RML2475, JJD475D, is seen when almost new.
Photo taken 1966, Kingston Station

160. JJD498DAEC Routemaster RML2498, JJD498D, a 1966 example is seen in the late summer of 2008 promoting Welcome Break Services at Hartshead Moor on the M62.
Photo taken Sunday 24 August 2008, Hartshead Moor, M62

161. JJD547DPerhaps the most imaginative of the batch of all over adverts which followed was RML2457, JJD547D, for Ladbroke’s the bookmakers, which made the heads of passengers look as if they were the heads of characters in the advert. It is seen here on service 6 in the Strand.Photo taken London The Strand

163. JJD565DA non Southdown vehicle used on the service at the Southdown Centenary Rally was Stagecoach Midland Red South RML2565, JJD565D, which carried Stratford Blue livery. Here it loads up at the rally site. Does the advert provide us with another beer?Photo taken Sunday 7 June 2015, Southdown Centenary Rally, Southsea

164. KGJ601DIn 1966 British European Airways bought a batch of AEC Routemasters with front entrance bodywork to use on passenger transfer from central London to Heathrow. The buses later became Londons RMA class when they were sold to London Transport by BEA. KGJ601D became RMA28 and is seen here restored to BEA blue livery.Photo taken 1993, Harrogate

165. KGJ603DDelivered new to BEA in 1966 was KGJ603D, a Park Royal bodied AEC Routemaster. It was bought by London Transport as their RMA29 in 1979 and converted to a trainer minus stairs one year later.Photo taken Monday 15 August 2011, Cann Common, Shaftsbury

166. KGJ603DKGJ603D was originally a short RMA operated by LTE on behalf of BEA. After being purchased by Shaftesbury and District it was lengthened by the insertion of two standard bays making it half a bay longer than an RML. The centre staircase is from an Ailsa. It was licensed for one person operation but it was somewhat difficult to turn round in the cab to access the hatch.Photo taken Friday 22 July 2011, Seldown Coach Station, Poole

167. KGJ603DSeen here at the Ringwood Rally in a nearside shot is Shaftesbury & District RME1, KGJ603D, the R2RH/2 Routemaster which had been new in November 1966 as British European Airways 8210 with a Park Royal H32/24F body.
Photo taken Ringwood

168. KGJ622DFormer BEA AEC Routemaster 8229, KGJ622D, of 1966. This bus was sold to London Transport in 1975 and became RMA19 in which guise it is now preserved.Photo taken 1995, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

169. KGY4DLondon Transport's one-off, rear engined version of the Routemaster, FRM1, KGY4D, heads for its pick-up point to take up duties on the round London sightseeing tour.Photo taken Saturday 1 May 1982, London Westminster

170. CUV287CThere are a significant number of Routemasters now in the hands of operators specialising in private hire work with vintage vehicles. Most are kept in London Livery and are distinguishable only by their legal ownership and whatever advertising they carry. RML2267 CUV287C is typical, looking much as it would have done in London service apart from the blind display which advertises its owners “Londonbus4hire.com”.Photo taken Sunday 13 July 2014, London Finsbury Park

171. NML624ENecrobus operate this 30ft long Routemaster on ghost tours of York New in 1967 as RML2624, NML624E.
Photo taken Thursday 22 March 2018, Station Road, York

172. NMY660EBEA 8267, NMY660E, an AEC/Park Royal Routemaster R2RH/2 with H32/24F body, new in 1967.
Photo taken Heathrow Airport

173. NMY660EBritish Airways NMY660E, new to BEA in 1967 and used on the service carrying passengers between central London and Heathrow, with luggage trailers.
Photo taken Tuesday 27 August 1974, London Heathrow Airport

174. SMK665FSMK665F is RML2665, SMK665F, new in July 1967. For many years it has been operated by The Bath Bus Company in Red London Transport livery with gold band for special functions such as weddings and birthdaysPhoto taken Sunday 25 March 2018, Bath Bus Company

177. SMK724FFormer LT Routemaster RML 2724, SMK724F, photographed in Napier, New Zealand in late October 2009.Photo taken Friday 30 October 2009

178. SMK757FSeen in Covent Garden is former London Transport AEC Routemaster RML2757, SMK757F, of 1968. It has been converted into a mobile hospitality unit for Nyetimber English wines.
Photo taken Saturday 5 December 2015, Covent Garden, London